Ca. Fire Documents Conflict With Reports
By AARON C. DAVIS - 1 day ago
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Several aircraft were able to fly in strong winds on the first full day of last month's Southern California firestorms, contradicting officials' earlier claims that the weather had grounded virtually all aircraft, according to documents released Saturday.
Twenty-eight of 52 aircraft the state was tracking for firefighting efforts remained grounded that day, and high winds were not listed in the documents as the reason.
There was a mid-sized quake in the Bay Area just a couple of hours ago, measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale, on the Calaveras fault just east of San Jose. Apparently some people felt it as far as Marin County and Stockton, but I felt nothing out here in Davis. Here's the USGS's report:
